Forbes Murray

Biography

Forbes Murray was born on November 4, 1884 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as Murray Forbes Barnard. He was an actor, known for A Chump at Oxford (1940), Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940) and The Spider's Web (1938). He died on November 18, 1982 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA.

Career Overview

Forbes Murray has 199 screen credits in a career dating back to 1936. Their work spans 12 cinematic universes — most prominently Hopalong Cassidy Collection with 4 titles. Signature works include Prairie Stranger, Social Sea Lions, A Chump at Oxford. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

199

Birth Date

1884-11-03 00:00:00

Birth Place

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Known For

• 

  Prairie Stranger
• Social Sea Lions
• 

  A Chump at Oxford
• 

  Saddlemates
• Mercy Plane
• 

  Joy Scouts

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 12 universes

• Hopalong Cassidy Collection (4 titles)
• Boston Blackie Collection (2 titles)
• The Three Mesquiteers Collection (2 titles)
• Tammy (1 titles)
• Tammy Collection (1 titles)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Collection (1 titles)
• Jungle Jim Collection (1 titles)
• The Whistler (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Charles Starrett (1 collaborations)
• Cliff Edwards (1 collaborations)
• Patti McCarty (1 collaborations)
• Frank LaRue (1 collaborations)
• Archie Twitchell (1 collaborations)
• Francis Walker (1 collaborations)
• Edmund Cobb (1 collaborations)
• Pete Smith (1 collaborations)
• Dudley Dickerson (1 collaborations)
• Esther Howard (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (199 credits)

  • Dance of the Cookoos

    Banker

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    - The Vulcan Affair (1964) ... Party Guest (uncredited) actor actors
    1964
  • How the West Was Won

    Auction Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Period of Adjustment

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Tender Is the Night

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Cimarron

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Seven Thieves

    Guest at Ball (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • It Started with a Kiss

    Charity Raffle Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Gunfight at Dodge City

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Al Capone

    Pallbearer at Colosimo's Funeral (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • A Stranger in My Arms

    Memorial Service Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - Rich Man, Poor Man (1963) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors
    1959
  • The Untouchables

    - The Lily Dallas Story (1961) ... Banker (uncredited) actor actors
    1959
  • The Last Hurrah

    Banker at Plymouth Club (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Auntie Mame

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Party Girl

    Party Guest at Rico's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Vertigo

    Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Helen Morgan Story

    Night Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Joker is Wild

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Tammy and the Bachelor

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Designing Woman

    Fashion Show Attendee

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Ten Thousand Bedrooms

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Funny Face

    Fashion Show Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Wings of Eagles

    Congressman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    - Penelope (1962) ... Hotel Guest (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • Maverick

    - The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick (1958) ... Diner Patron (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • The Opposite Sex

    Backstage Guest at Benefit (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

    Military Officer at Experiment

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Anything Goes

    Audience Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Serenade

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • It's Always Fair Weather

    Street Passerby in Roller Skating Number (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • All That Heaven Allows

    Country Club Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Ain't Misbehavin'

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Hell's Island

    Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Daddy Long Legs

    Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • A Life at Stake

    Businessman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Cheyenne

    - The Vanishing Breed (1962) ... Senator (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Mutton Puncher (1957) ... Neffi Morton (uncredited) actor actors
    1955
  • The Country Girl

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Black Widow

    Man in Hallway (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Broken Lance

    Lawyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Them!

    Government Official

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Dial M for Murder

    Judge at Margot's Trial (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Miami Story

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Yankee Pasha

    Reil

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Long, Long Trailer

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Far Country

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • It Should Happen to You

    Military Publicity Function Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Glenn Miller Story

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Dangerous Crossing

    Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Let's Do It Again

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Law and Order

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Call Me Madam

    Ball Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Woman They Almost Lynched

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

    Roger

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Everything I Have Is Yours

    Man at Rehearsal (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Horizons West

    Poker Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Merry Widow

    Reception Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Monkey Business

    Board Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • We're Not Married!

    Governor of Mississippi (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Pat and Mike

    Golf Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Deadline - U.S.A.

    Newspaperman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Singin' in the Rain

    Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Road Agent

    Jeff Adams

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Something to Live For

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Strange Door

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bannerline

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bright Victory

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Hollywood Story

    Producer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Fingerprints Don't Lie

    Judge Edwin Monroe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Frenchie

    Saloon Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Flying Missile

    Officer in Club

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Wyoming Mail

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Bunco Squad

    Bunco Victim (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Shakedown

    Mr. Spencer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Louisa

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Father of the Bride

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Annie Get Your Gun

    Ball Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Baron of Arizona

    Board Member - Department of Interior (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • No Man of Her Own

    Train Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Mark of the Gorilla

    Game Preserve Officer

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • It's a Great Feeling

    Distinguished Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Too Late for Tears

    Dr. Adams (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Champion

    Speaker at Benefit (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Woman's Secret

    Mr. Emory (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Wake of the Red Witch

    Shipwreck Inquiry Board Member

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Dead Don't Dream

    Sheriff Tompson

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Silent Conflict

    Randall

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Body and Soul

    Weigh-in Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Razor's Edge

    Dr. Maturin

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Undercurrent

    Senator Pelli (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Fool's Gold

    Colonel Jed Landy

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Big Sleep

    Furtive Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Somewhere in the Night

    Bank Executive

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Phantom Thief

    Dr. Purcell Nash

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Gilda

    American Cartel Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Dark Corner

    Mr. Bryson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Hoodlum Saint

    Rich Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • They Were Expendable

    Navy Captain (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Voice of the Whistler

    Sinclair Executive (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Anchors Aweigh

    Passerby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Over 21

    Meredith (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Bewitched

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Santa Fe Saddlemates

    Inspector Burke

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Crime, Inc.

    Grand Juror (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Manhunt of Mystery Island

    Prof. Harry Hargraves

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Hi, Beautiful

    Board Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Missing Juror

    District Attorney (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Laura

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Greenwich Village

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Bride by Mistake

    Business Man

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Mr. Winkle Goes to War

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Hidden Valley Outlaws

    Governor Walker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Main Street Today

    Businessman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Lady in the Death House

    Judge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Fighting Seabees

    Navy Surgeon (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Canyon City

    Judge Gleason

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Chance of a Lifetime

    Chairman of Parole Board (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Leather Burners

    Bart Gailey

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Calling Wild Bill Elliott

    Judge Richards

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mission to Moscow

    Isolationist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Flight for Freedom

    Capt. Knowles (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Tahiti Honey

    Commander (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Hoppy Serves a Writ

    Ben Hollister

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Thundering Trails

    Arthur Howland

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • G-men vs. the Black Dragon

    James Kennedy [Ch. 12]

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Perils of Nyoka

    Prof. Douglas Campbell

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • I Wake Up Screaming

    Mr. Handel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Prairie Stranger

    Jud Evans

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Our Wife

    Minor Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Saddlemates

    Colonel Langley

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • She Knew All the Answers

    Broker

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Apache Kid

    U. S. Road Commissioner

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Meet John Doe

    Legislator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Night at Earl Carroll's

    Mayor Brown of Pasadena

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hit Parade of 1941

    Undetermined Secondary Role

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Third Finger, Left Hand

    Wilbur

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Men Against the Sky

    Banker

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

    Henry Walker

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Social Sea Lions

    Chess Playing Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • New Moon

    Commandant

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Florian

    Officer

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Island of Doomed Men

    Chairman of Parole Board (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Turnabout

    Carter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Edison, the Man

    Broker

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • In Old Missouri

    Holt

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • A Chump at Oxford

    Banker

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Wolf of New York

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Earl of Chicago

    Diplomat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Mandrake the Magician

    Professor Houston

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Swanee River

    Critic

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Remember?

    Surprise Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mercy Plane

    Benson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

    Dr. Walton

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Cowboys from Texas

    Texas Governor

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • That's Right – You're Wrong

    Producer (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • At the Circus

    Captain (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hollywood Cavalcade

    Criterion Theater Manager

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Sabotage

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Arizona Kid

    Union Army Officer

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Thunder Afloat

    Naval Aide (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Flight at Midnight

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Spellbinder

    Second Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Second Fiddle

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Joy Scouts

    Scoutmaster

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Tearoom Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Pest from the West

    Butler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Only Angels Have Wings

    Mr. Harkwright (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mandrake the Magician

    Professor Houston

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lady and the Mob

    District Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Flying G-Men

    Marvin Brewster / The Professor

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

    Angus Palmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Smashing the Spy Ring

    Colonel Scully

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Say It in French

    Dr. Van Gulden

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Spider's Web

    Police Commissioner Stanley Kirk

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Fugitives for a Night

    Movie Director

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Woman Against Woman

    Fisher - Holland's Associate in Courtroom

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Kentucky Moonshine

    Sponsor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Hold That Kiss

    Dog Show Judge

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Air Devils

    Capt. Hawthorne

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Test Pilot

    Pilot in Cafe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Girl of the Golden West

    Governor's Aide

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Walking Down Broadway

    Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Night Spot

    Mr. Van Pelt

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • International Settlement

    Man

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Wells Fargo

    Minor Role

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Tim Tyler's Luck

    The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Wrong Road

    Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Stella Dallas

    Stephen's Business Friend (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Easy Living

    Husband (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • They Won't Forget

    Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Great Gambini

    Butler

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Song of Revolt

    Nobleman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Sea Devils

    Coast Guard Commandant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • A Girl's Best Years

    Attorney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Girl on the Front Page

    Politician

    actor

    actors
    1936